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President Donald Trump joined a chorus of Republicans in mocking Jim Acosta, CNN's chief White House correspondent, on Twitter for a video the journalist posted showing areas of the border that had a wall.

WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump joined a chorus of Republicans on Thursday in mocking Jim Acosta, CNN's chief White House correspondent, on Twitter for a video the journalist posted showing areas of the border that had a wall.

Acosta, who traveled to Texas for the president's border visit, posted a video on Twitter of him walking alongside a steel-slated fence at the U.S.-Mexico border. He said he didn't "see anything resembling a national emergency."

"We're not seeing any kind of imminent danger. There are no migrants trying to rush toward this fence here in the McAllen, Texas, area," Acosta said. "No sign of the national emergency that the president has been talking about. As a matter of fact, it's pretty tranquil down here."

Almost instantly, conservatives said the video showed that walls and barriers along the border were working. Fox News' Tucker Carlson used the video as part of an opening monologue. White House Press Secretary Sarah Sanders thanked Acosta, saying he was "doing our job for us and so clearly explaining why WALLS WORK."

I found some steel slats down on the border. But I don’t see anything resembling a national emergency situation.. at least not in the McAllen TX area of the border where Trump will be today. pic.twitter.com/KRoLdszLUu

Acosta fended off criticism, telling Sanders that she was "twisting the truth."

"As we have been reporting today there are other sections of the border that don’t have walls or slats. Yet, the residents here feel safe," Acosta wrote on Twitter.

He also got into a back-and-forth with the president's son, asking Trump Jr. that if current measures were working why couldn't the government be reopened? Acosta also questioned whether Trump Jr. was "headed down to Mexico to pick up the check" for the border wall.

He ended each tweet with variations of #byebye, a reference to how President Trump ended a meeting with Democratic leaders at the White House on Wednesday.

Acosta has clashed with the president and White House several times throughout the Trump presidency. Acosta's press credentials were temporarily revoked at the White House after a contentious exchange with Trump during a news conference when the president called Acosta a "rude, terrible person."

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President Donald Trump stands with Border Patrol agents at the Rio Grande after his visit to US Border Patrol McAllen Station in McAllen, Texas, on Jan. 10, 2019. Trump traveled to the US-Mexico border as part of his all-out offensive to build a wall, a day after he stormed out of negotiations when Democratic opponents refused to agree to fund the project in exchange for an end to a painful government shutdown. Jim Watson, AFP/Getty Images

President Donald Trump, center, with Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen, center left, speaks during his visit to US Border Patrol McAllen Station in McAllen, Texas, on Jan. 10, 2019. Trump travels to the US-Mexico border as part of his all-out offensive to build a wall. At the event, the props in the center of the room, include an AR-15 rifle, colt handguns, a plastic bag full of cash, and black-taped bricks of heroin and meth, examples of things Border Patrol agents have seized. Jim Watson, AFP/Getty Images

President Donald Trump speaks at a roundtable on immigration and border security at U.S. Border Patrol McAllen Station, during a visit to the southern border, Thursday, Jan. 10, 2019, in McAllen, Texas. Evan Vucci, AP

The motorcade of President Donald Trump, making a visit to the southern border, passes groups opposed to border walls being built along the Texas-Mexico border, Thursday, Jan. 10, 2019, in McAllen, Texas. Eric Gay, AP

Groups opposed to border walls being built along the Texas-Mexico border gather outside the McAllen International Airport as they wait for the arrival of President Donald Trump who is making a visit to the southern border, Thursday, Jan. 10, 2019, in McAllen, Texas. Eric Gay, AP

President Donald Trump visits US Border Patrol McAllen Station in McAllen, Texas, on Jan. 10, 2019, with Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen, right. Trump travels to the US-Mexico border as part of his all-out offensive to build a wall, a day after he stormed out of negotiations when Democratic opponents refused to agree to fund the project in exchange for an end to a painful government shutdown. Jim Watson, AFP/Getty Images

President Donald Trump arrives in McAllen, Tx to speak to offices and tour the U.S southern border on Thursday, Jan. 10, 2019. The trip comes two days after President Trump delivered a nation wide address setting there is a crises along the border and calling for a wall or barrier. Courtney Sacco/Caller-Times, Caller-Times-USA TODAY Network

A man crosses the Reynosa-Hidalgo international bridge linking the Mexican city of Reynosa, in the state of Tamaulipas with US city of Hidalgo, in Texas, on Jan. 10, 2019. Julio Cesar Aguilar, AFP/Getty Images

Marine One helicopter, with President Donald Trump aboard, flies off the South Lawn of the White House, Thursday Jan. 10, 2019, in Washington, en route for a trip to the border in Texas as the government shutdown continues. Jacquelyn Martin, AP

Activist against President Trump's border wall make signs in San Juan, Texas, on Wednesday, Jan. 9, 2019, a day before President Trump's visit to Mcallen. Courtney Sacco, Caller-Times-USA TODAY NETWORK